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Yankees Receive Sandwich Round Draft Pick Compensation

"Before Swisher became a free agent, the Yankees assured themselves that they would get draft-pick compensation by making him a one-year $13.3 million qualifying offer. The average annual value of Swisher's deal with the Indians is $14 million." Paul Hoynes, The Plain Dealer

Incorrect. The Yankees get a sandwich pick between the first and second rounds but Cleveland loses its second round pick.

Shame it was Cleveland. I'd rather him have went to a team without a protected 1st RD pick. It would have shrunk the 1st RD, and thus gotten us closer to a pick. Or do the sandwich picks go by record of teams signing players offered qualifying contracts?

Shame it was Cleveland. I'd rather him have went to a team without a protected 1st RD pick. It would have shrunk the 1st RD, and thus gotten us closer to a pick. Or do the sandwich picks go by record of teams signing players offered qualifying contracts?

Not sure how the sandwich picks line up. But yes, any team out of the top ten signing one of these guys has their pick disappear, which helps the sandwich picks move up.